RFR: 8326964: Remove Eclipse Shared Workspaces [v5]

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:21:47 GMT, Julian Waters <jwaters at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> With the Shared Workspaces removed, the Workspace created no longer exists in the JDK's top level source directory. This means the .gitignore entries are now obsolete, and can be removed, since they only ignore .cproject and .classpath in the top level source directory. They were added way back when I introduced support for Eclipse, and was less familiar with how multiple different JDK builds are contained
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> Side tangent: How are the Workspaces for the other IDEs set up? Are they contained entirely in the ide subdirectory in the build directory or do they end up leaving their metadata in the top level directory like the Shared Workspaces used to do? I plan to improve Eclipse support over time, and these details might potentially be important to that effort

Ok, it's fine for integration then.

As for other IDEs: there is very little coordination on this; most IDE integrations are like barely kept alive by some enthusiast. I would really love to see some better grip on this, unifying IDE support and making it more of a first-class citizen of the build, but this has unfortunately kept being pushed down the prio list. :-(

If you feel so inclined, please try out the different IDEs supported. The very first step, I believe, is to have proper documentation in docs/ide.md. Even if we have a process that requires several manual steps, it is better to have it formalized and documented in a single place. Then it can form the basis for a more automated approach.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18046#discussion_r1528246098